| M. K. Anwar | |
| Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
| Term Start: | 28 October 2001 |
| Term End: | 27 October 2006 |
| Predecessor: | Matia Chowdhury |
| Successor: | Matia Chowdhury |
| Office1: | Member of parliament |
| Constituency1: | Comilla-1 |
| Term Start1: | 5 March 1991 |
| Term End1: | 27 October 2006 |
| Predecessor1: | Mohammad Mobarak Ali |
| Successor1: | Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan |
| Term Start2: | 25 January 2009 |
| Term End2: | 24 January 2014 |
| Predecessor2: | Khandokar Mosharraf Hossain |
| Successor2: | Mohammed Amir Hossain |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Homna, Tipperah district, Bengal Presidency |
| Birth Name: | Mohammad Khorshed Anwar |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation: | Cabinet Secretary, politician |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Party: | Bangladesh National Party |
| Native Name: | এম কে আনোয়ার |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
Mohammad Khorshed Anwar[1] (known as M. K. Anwar; 1 January 1933 – 24 October 2017) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a government minister of Bangladesh.[2] He was a five-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Comilla-1 and Comilla-2 constituencies.
Anwar entered government service in 1953 as an officer of the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP).[3] He served as the finance secretary and cabinet secretary.[1] He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1991.[3]
Anwar was first elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member for Comilla-1 at the 1991 general election. He was re-elected at the 1996 and 2001 general elections. He was a standing committee member of the BNP.[4] [5] He served as the minister of agriculture in the second Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.[6] He was a vice-president of the party.[7]
In 2014, Anwar was sued by the Bangladesh Police for causing communal disharmony after he accused the Bangladesh Awami League of Quran burning during Hifazat-e Islam protests, while proclaiming Hifazats innocence.[8] In 2015, Bangladesh police filed a case against him over violence during the 10th national elections. In March 2017, arrest warrants were issued against him.[9]
Anwar died on 24 October 2017.[10]